The Great Depression: Homelessness and Refuge
In 1929 the United States Stock Market crashed which resulted in what we know today as The Great Depression. The Great Depression effected each American and their family very differently, but across the United States there was a common theme of homelessness and job scarcity . In this audio file from NPR you can listen…
“Lives of the Great Depression”
Date: July 23rd, 2020 URL: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/21/893672249/lives-of-the-great-depression This was a podcast about the Great Depression which included real accounts from three different people. This podcast used oral histories from three different accounts of the Great Depression, an Asian American living in San Francisco’s China town, a college aged women who escaped her small town to go…
Oral History Interview
I listened to the Interview with Fountain Hughes, in Baltimore, Md which took place on June 11th 1949. Hughes is over one hundred years old, and states he was born in Charlottesville, Va. The first thing Hughes discusses is staying out of debt. He talks about not spending money until he has money. It’s obvious…
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Almost losing my Leg
Unfortunately the past 9 months of my life have revolved around the rehabilitation of my right leg after a horrendous cycling accident. Never thought I could break my leg so badly it would require 3 surgeries but here we are!
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